Clinton regains firm lead on Trump after convention: polls

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August, 02/2016 - 09:00

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WASHINGTON—Hillary Clinton got a support bounceof four to seven percentage points after the Democratic National Convention andnow holds a substantial lead over Donald Trump in the White House race, pollsreleased Monday showed.

Clinton’s advantage over the Republican Trump is 46 percent to 39 percent,according to the CBS News poll.

After the Republican convention but prior to the Democratic one, Trump gota two-point bump and the race was tied, CBS said.

A CNN-ORC poll released later Monday has Clinton, the former secretary ofstate, commanding an even larger lead of nine points, 52-43, in the aftermathof the Democratic confab in Philadelphia.

That poll had Trump ahead 48-45 following the Republican convention.

Clinton also came out stronger in terms of the share of Americans who thinkher policies will move the country in the right direction, rising from 43percent of respondents before either convention to 48 percent today, accordingto the CNN poll.

Trump’s "right direction" number held nearly steady following theconventions.

"I think both parties got what they wanted out of their conventions,"Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus told CNN after thenetwork’s poll was released.

One of Clinton’s biggest problems – Americans’ negative view of her – remains, but it has eased somewhat since the convention last week, the CBSsurvey suggested.

Fifty percent of registered voters have a negative opinion of Clintoncompared to 36 percent who view her positively, the poll said.

That positive number is up five points and the negative one is down six, itadded.

Thirty-one percent of voters have a positive opinion of Trump, which isabout the same as before the Republican convention, according to CBS. Fifty-twopercent see him negatively.

The survey was carried out July 29-31 among 1,393 adults and has a marginof error of three percentage points. — AFP